Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-1.6A

Personnel administration.

The Office of Personnel Management Division of the Office of

State Finance was consolidated into and renamed the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services. Where the term "Office of

Personnel Management" is used within the Oklahoma Statutes, it shall

mean the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The chief

administrative officer shall be the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services. In addition to the other duties

imposed by law, the Director shall:

1. Be responsible for the development of an efficient and

effective system of personnel administration that meets the

management needs of the various agencies;

2. Organize the Office to provide both service and regulatory

functions that are effective and efficient in meeting the management

needs of various state agencies. The Director is directed to

establish an agency service function to assist agencies with human

resource needs based upon the administrative capacity and resources

of the various agencies;

3. Prepare, maintain, and revise a system of employment

designed to ensure the impartial consideration of applicants for

employment and to protect state employees from arbitrary dismissal

or unfair treatment;

4. Develop and maintain a classification and compensation

system for all positions in the executive branch of state government

including those established by the Oklahoma Constitution;

5. Conduct an analysis of the rates of pay prevailing in the

state in the public and private sectors for comparable jobs and

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report the findings to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of

the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later

than December 1 of each year. Such analysis shall include all forms

of compensation including fringe benefits. Information solicited by

the Office of Management and Enterprise Services from public and

private sector employers for such analysis, including but not

limited to salaries, benefits, and compensation policies and

procedures, shall be confidential and shall not be subject to

disclosure under the Oklahoma Open Records Act;

6. Assist state agencies in implementing their duties and

obligations and provide standard forms to the agencies if necessary;

7. Develop, in cooperation with appointing authorities,

employee training programs, management training programs, a

certified public manager program, a recruiting program, and a system

of performance appraisals, and assist appointing authorities in the

setting of productivity goals. The Director may establish and

collect fees for participation in training programs. The Director

is authorized to purchase awards for presentation to state employees

as part of employee recognition activities sponsored by the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services;

8. Establish rules for leave and pay including, but not limited

to, rules for leave, furloughs, performance pay increases, rates for

pay differentials, on-call pay, and other types of pay incentives

and salary adjustments consistent with this act and reduction-in-

force;

9. Be responsible for the development and maintenance of a

uniform occupation code system, grouped by job titles or duties, for

all state positions. The responsibility shall include the

establishment of rules governing the identification, tracking, and

reporting of all state positions as provided in Section 840-2.13 of

this title;

10. Be responsible for advising state agencies on personnel

policy and administration;

11. Establish standards for continuing training and

certification of personnel professionals in the executive branch of

state government, excluding institutions within The Oklahoma State

System of Higher Education. Employees appointed to professional

personnel positions shall complete an initial training program

within one (1) year after assuming the professional personnel
nd administration;

11. Establish standards for continuing training and

certification of personnel professionals in the executive branch of

state government, excluding institutions within The Oklahoma State

System of Higher Education. Employees appointed to professional

personnel positions shall complete an initial training program

within one (1) year after assuming the professional personnel

position. Thereafter, they shall complete annual training

requirements. Each appointing authority shall ensure that all

professional personnel employees are notified of, and scheduled to

attend, required training programs and shall make time available for

employees to complete the programs. The Director shall be

authorized to bill agencies for the training of personnel

professionals pursuant to this paragraph to recover reasonable costs

associated with the training. Monies received for such training

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shall be deposited in the Human Capital Management Revolving Fund.

Expenditure of such funds collected for the training shall be exempt

from any expenditure limit on the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services established by law;

12. Not less than once during each two-year period, conduct a

study identifying the following, by job family descriptors:

a. selected jobs with a turnover rate in excess of ten

percent (10%),

b. selected jobs identified by the Director of the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services with salaries

and benefits that are ten percent (10%) or more below

the market for such positions, and

c. selected jobs identified by the Director in which

recruitment efforts have yielded a low number of

qualified applicants;

13. Establish a workforce planning function within the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services to assist state agencies in

analyzing the current workforce, determining future workforce needs,

and implementing solutions so that agencies may accomplish their

missions; and

14. Establish a quality management function within the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services and shall assist state

agencies in fully integrating quality management concepts and models

into their business practices for the purpose of improving the

overall efficiency and effectiveness of state government.